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City Hall, New York City, N.Y. – Vintage Wall Art

City Hall, New York City, N.Y., c1880. — historic photograph
City Hall, New York City, N.Y., c1880.. Historic photograph from the New York City collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with City Hall, New York City, N.Y., a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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City Hall, New York City, N.Y.

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Set in City Hall Park at the head of Broadway in lower Manhattan, this view shows the building completed in 1812 to designs by Joseph-François Mangin and John McComb Jr. Its restrained Federal-style facade served as the seat of city government through the rapid growth of the late nineteenth century, when the surrounding streets filled with commerce and traffic. The print carries a copyright notice in the name of Charles Pollock of Boston, a photographer, which suggests it was issued through a Boston studio. The caption card's details are unverified, so the date of about 1880 is an estimate.

Created / publishedc1880.
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsPhoto copyrighted by Charles Pollock, Boston. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: City halls--NY; Photog. I.; NY--NYC--Bldgs.--City Hall; Geogr.; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,050 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-138216

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